Huckabee isn’t backing down
By John Worthen
For Between Editions
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has virtually no chance to secure the Republican nomination for president, pundits say. So why then is he still in the race? Perhaps it’s an ego thing. Or maybe he really does still have a chance.
If Texas evangelicals have their way, Huckabee may take the Texas primary on March 4, giving him a healthy dose of delegates.
“When you look between Huckabee and McCain, the conservative choice is stark,” said Kelly Shackelford, head of the Plano-based Liberty Legal Institute and a longtime Huckabee supporter, in an interview in Wednesday’s Dallas Morning News.
But Mr. Shackelford was quick to add that most conservatives would willingly help Mr. McCain over the Democratic alternative if he wins.
For now, Mr. Shackelford said, social conservatives in Texas are “100 percent Huckabee. I don’t know anybody who’s not.”
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